Folding-guide for sewing-machines.



PATENTED JAN. 24, 1 905.

D. NOBLE. FOLDING GUIDE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903.

IN VE N TOR S w E w W UNITED STATES Patented J anuary 24, 1905.-

PATENT OFFICE.

DONALD NOBLE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WHEELER & WILSONMANUFACTURING COMPANY. OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTI- CUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.-

FCLDING GUIDE FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,575, dated January24, 1905.

' Application filed April 29, 1 903. Serial No. 154,881.

1'0 alt whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD. NOBLE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Bridgeport. in the county of Fairiield and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFolding- Guides for Sewing-Machines, of which the fol- V lowing is afull, clear, and exact description. The object of this invention is toprovide an attachment for sewing-machines by means of which thesuperposed edges of a garment or other object may be bound together by abinding-strip extending below, between, and above the lapped edges withany desired number of rows of stitches.

The invention comprises a scroll of substantially S shape incross-section, through the hollow interior of which the binding materialis fed, the edges of the fabric being fed along opposite curves of thescroll and meeting the binding material as it emerges from the scroll.In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is aperspective view, partially in full and partially in dotted lines,illustrating the attachment adjustably secured to the cloth-plate of asewing-machine and showing the edges of the fabric to be bound and thebinding after the stitching operation and in the position which theyoccupy as they are fed to the action' of the stitch-forming mechanism. 2is a front end elevation with the fabric and binding omitted. Fig. 3 isa rear end elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of agarment, showing how the fabric is bound and secured together bylines ofstitches.

' 1 represents a base-plate adapted to be adjustably secured, as by ascrew or screws 2,

4 to the cloth-plate 3 of a sewing-machine. Se-

cured to the base-plate 1 is a scroll-guide 4t of substantially S shapein cross-section, through the hollow interior of which a strip ofbinding-5 is fed, and thereby folded around the redges 6 and 7 of thepieces of fabric 8 and 9. To the lower portion of the scroll-guide A issecured a guide-plate 10, over which passes Fig.

.vanced to the action of the needle.

The curves 12 and 13 of the walls of the scroll-guide 4, against whichthe edges 6 and 7 of the fabric are guided, are located upon oppositesides of the said scroll-guide and at an angle relatively to the line ofthe seam so that the edges 6 and 7 of the fabric are overlapped thedesired distance, as shown in Fig.- 4. The oppositely-arranged walls ofthe curves 12 and 18 are cut awayat the exitend, as represented at 14and 15, so that the edges of the fabric will not be deflected out ofline with the curves 12 and 13, thus permitting the binding to join thefabric before the binding leaves the scroll-guide.

Any number of lines or rows of stitches 16 may be used in forming theseam, two being herein shown, and the edges of the fabric instead ofbeing bound flat may be folded.

What I claim is 1. In a folding-guide for sewing-machines, a base-plate,and a hollow scroll-guide thereon of substantially S shape incross-section through which the binding is passed, and having oppositecurves in its walls to receive and separate the edges of the fabric tobe bound,

said scroll-guide adapted to fold the binding the fabric to be bound,the binding material being fed through said scroll in an -fold betweenthe said overlapped edges of the fabric and over upon them.

3. In a folding-guide attachment for sewing-machines, a base-plate, abinding-stripguiding scroll, and opposite guides and supports for theedges of the fabric or garment to be bound, arranged at an angle to theline of the seam to provide for the overlapping of the edges of thefabric or garment to be bound, said scroll adapted to present thebinding-strip below, between and above the said edges.

4:. In a folding-guide attachment for sewing-machines, a base-plate, abinding-strip- DONALD NOBLE.

Witnesses:

F. W. Osrnoiu, ABBIE M. DONIHEE.

